January 2012

31/01/12

Police £129m building scheme gets the nod - Yeovil Express

£50 million for victims’ services - Totalinvestor.co.uk

Ten questions for potential police and crime commissioners - The Guardian

Crime Maps Extended To Reveal Hotspots - Huffington Post

May: ''Our police reforms are working'' - Public Service.co.uk

Police payments to be cut but 'grab-a-grand' stays - Daily Telegraph

May approves pay deal for police - The Guardian

'No payouts' for riot-hit firms - Northampton Chronicle

Ex-MP bids to be commissioner - Lytham St Annes Express

The police have lost their way but the answer isn't to let them be run by meddlers like Prescott - Mail Online 

27/01/12

Metropolitan Police commander warns of rise in gangs - BBC.co.uk

A policeman’s lot- Daily Telegraph

Police numbers fall by 6,000 in one year as cuts are attacked as a threat to public safety - Mail Online

26/01/12

National police air unit ordered - Uxbridge Gazette

Police forces are improving services and still making significant savings,the Policing Minister said today. Sustainable Gov.co.uk

Police cuts leave Gloucestershire public feeling vulnerable and anxious - The Guardian

25/01/12

Mayoral election in Manchester to be held in November if residents vote in favour during May referendum - Manchester Evening News

Diary: will nobody step up to be Cameron's local copper - The Independent

Home Office: Police and Crime Commissioner events begin - Info4security.com

Police attacked for wrongly writing off thousands of crimes - Daily Telegraph

Curbs on scrap metal dealers to be announced to stop theft epidemic - Telegrah.co.uk

24/01/12

Police name South Yorkshire's new top cop - Rotherham Advertiser

 Mayor could consider job - Peterlee Mail

Fight to save South Yorkshire's police helicopter - Rotherham Advertiser

23/01/12

No takers for top cop job’ - The Oxford Times

 Helicopter plans up in the air - Dinnington Today

Council leader bids for police commssioner post - Western Wards Gazette

Police to spend up to £400m on IT deal - Public Service.co.uk

Worries over appointment of police and crime commissioners - Sunday Sun

Prescott, 73, considers frontline return.... as elected police chief - Mail Online

Memo to Home Secretary, perhaps the cover girl look is best left to the models - Mail Online


 20/01/12

Do we want Carlisle Utd's Olga the Fox as Cumbria's new police chief? - News and Star

Regional Police Collaboration Formalised For Northants - about myarea.co.uk

 Police chief to step down- this is Cornwall

Police commissioner rivals emerge ahead of autumn poll - BBC news 

 Hampshire police signs merger deal - Get Hampshire

Cleveland Police Authority outlines streamlining plans - BBC News England

Region's police chief Stephen Otter to leave job - This is Plymouth

Stations to close and 300 jobs at risk in 'crisis' police budget- This is South Wales

Police Federation boss warns Chief Constable Peter Fahy officers are 'stretched well beyond capacity'- Manchester Evening News

Border checks need reform, MPs warn - The Scotsman

18/01/11

NCA 'beginning to take shape' - Security Oracle

Controversy over stop and search stats - Lincs Press

Terrorist wins deportation appeal - Express

17/01/12

Hail to the Chief? Could PCCs 'americanise' UK Policing? - Oxford Policing Journal

Police and Councils save on IT costs - Gazette

Mayor under pressure to make police cuts - Local.gov

1,500 collisions involving police cars - South Yorks press

Stuart Hyde new Temp CC for Cumbria - BBC

IPCC passes file on Fedorcio to Met for possible action - BBC

Bill introduced for single Scottish police force - BBC

Hants and Thames Valley police begin to merge services - BBC

16/01/12

Mayoral takeover heralds change for 'Operation Trident' - Guardian

Boris gains powers over the Met - BBC

London introduces Politicians in 'charge of the police' - Guardian

Huge rise in retail crime - Retail

Putative PCC's protest against counter closures - Evening Mail

13/01/12

Father and son team to oversee policing across Wales? - BBC

MPs debate future national landscape of policing - Hansard

Random stop & search to be halved - Telegraph

New PCC hopeful in Kent - This is Kent

Putting cops out on beat 'cuts crime by 76%' - Express

Express challenges claims about police cuts - Express

End of the MPA but what next? - Mayorwatch

PCC runners and riders - Michael Crick (Ch4 News)

Call for PCCs to swear 'oath of office' - Police Professional

New members sought in Northern Ireland - Monitor

PA consulting on PCCs - PA

12/01/12

MPA RIP - Mayorwatch

Former Tory leader ponders PCC role - Wales online

Cumbria Deputy may move to South Yorks - Cumberland News

Cash payments for scrap metal to be scrapped - Times (£)

Call for urgent new law on metal theft - Times (£)

Proposed pay for PCCs attacked by Parris - Times (£)

11/01/12

Three police anti-corruption teams merged to save cash - Herts and Essex Observer

Let the people have their say on policing - Public Service.co.uk

West Midlands Police Authority awarded £11.2m grant- BBC

Police angry at plans for cuts - Wales  Online

101 number for non-emergencies now in full operation - BBC.co.uk/news

10/01/12

West Mids cops £250k overtime bill over riots - Express & Star

Theresa May announces review of stop and search - Engage

Police among top earners but cuts recommended - The Telegraph

09/01/12

Nominations open for region's first police commissioner- Hull Daily Mail

Fresh Police Pay Row Looms- Daily Telegraph

Police and crime commissioners: the rat-catcher vote- The Guardian

06/01/12

Anger at £160,000 commissioner cost- Bournemouth Echo 

Should PCCs be politicians? - Derby Telegraph

West Mids PA approves business partnering programme - Birmingham Post

Government agrees to cover £9M policing cost of Manchester and Salford Riots- Manchester Evening News

 05/01/12

West Mids to lose an extra 500 jobs - Birmingham Mail

GMPA to receive £8.6m for riot cost - BBC 

Alun Michael seeks PCC post in South Wales - Wales Online

Cerith Thomas new CE of South Wales PA - Sth Wales Evening Post

Cleveland PA seeks HO compensation - BBC

04/01/12

Lawrence killers sentenced - BBC

Press and Police 'too cozy' - Assoc Press

03/01/12

Lawrence convictions restore Met's reputation - Cressida Dick -Guardian

944 Police and PCSOs with Criminal Records - Express

Officers sacked over Facebook Posts - Evening Telegraph